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Speculation clouds the air as Americans begin to wonder which Democratic candidate will face President Trump in the 2020 election.
Among those considered by ABC to be most likely to run for president in 2020 are former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris...

President Donald Trump posts questionable advertisement
On Nov. 1, five days prior to the 2018 midterm election, President Donald Trump tweeted a new advertisement video depicting Central Americans as cop killers.
The ad features Luis Bracamontes, a Mexican man who was deported multiple times bu...

A couple months ago, I published a pretty lengthy article that drew a few conclusions on the nature of development in Belmont and how certain past forces have left us in our present position. I don’t claim it was objective — I didn’t intend to make any secret of the fact that I have an opinion. B...

Only 56 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2016 election, according to Pew Research.
What happened to the other 44 percent? Where did they go?
While some may have missed the deadlines to vote and some may be battling voter suppression laws, others just simply don’t have the time. ...

Three new candidates have announced their campaigns for the upcoming San Carlos City Council elections.
The elections will be held in November 2018 and three seats will be open. The candidates, Adam Rak, Laura Parmer-Lohan, and Sara McDowell, are using the early phase of the campaign season to...

San Carlos voters will hit the polls on Nov. 7 for a school board election in the San Carlos School District.
As the voting date nears, sample ballots have been sent out to registered voters. Sample ballots can assist voters in the voting process once they reach the polls and assure that they s...

Donald Trump supporters are ignorant, but not as much as Hillary Clinton supporters.
As the presidential election drew nearer, the majority of Carlmont's population and the Bay Area as a whole scoffed at Trump's ability to dig himself deeper and deeper into a hole.
According to shapethefuture.org, 76 percent ...

Holding their breaths, with stomachs clenched, many Clinton supporters turned away from the polling results. Florida had just been lost to Donald Trump, and as far as the Clinton campaign was concerned, they had already given up. The streamers and balloons at the hopeful victory party were packed...

With the presidential election on the horizon, many students are forming opinions about the various candidates and propositions that are at stake.
In the spirit of democracy, Carlmont's ASB organized to conduct an election in which students voted on several political measures in their respective history...

The legalization of marijuana has hit yet another obstacle.
On Nov. 1, San Jose City Council adopted an urgency ordinance prohibiting marijuana usage prior to the upcoming election on Nov. 8.
The ballot includes Proposition 64. If passed by a majority vote, this proposition that would allow adults...